Superman in a Batman movie doesn't work. Superman in a well done Superman movie, against opponents or situations that match or overpower him does. A post-crisis Superman (without the power to lift continents made of Kryptonite) up against the Independence Day Aliens would be a ~great~ movie. What I really disliked…

But there are notable stories where he either comes up against opponents that could easily kill him, or where he loses his powers, or where he has to be smart rather than strong to save the day. If you hadn't included Wonder Woman, then I could see not including Superman.

You know, I have heard that and I guess I understand the perspective, but I don't feel that way myself. It all depends upon who is telling the story.

I presume Superman isn't included only because saying Superman is a hero is like saying water is wet.

Using it as a snynonym for "stupid" insults my son, who cannot speak for himself, and me. Would you dare say "X is so retarded" to his face? Or to the face of a parent whose child is afflicted? Probably not. So what makes it acceptable to use in in "common language"?

You are absolutely right, and Jane Alexander, who first replied to you, is a fool.

Screw you Alexander. My son has autism, and with it, "mental retardation". It isn't funny, and neither is using his condition as an insulting synonym for "stupid". Pray you never have to learn empathy the hard way.

Here's what you're ultimately saying:

Congratulations: You're the winner of the most ill-informed comment of the day. My son has autism, and with it sadly, mental retardation, but not everyone with Autism has learning disabilities, and not everyone with Aspergers has "classic autism". Know a little more about what you're going to say before you say it,…

Well said.

You know, I suppose it's a step forward that you chose not to use the word "retard", but a step backward when you chose to use "learning disability" to describe Orko. You think that kind of thing is funny? Go to the front of an auditorium full of parents of children that face "learning disabilities" and see how…

As a father, I can appreciate the hesitancy in Pa Kent's voice when he says "maybe". He wants to protect his boy at ~almost~ any cost, but Pa Kent has usually been portrayed as one of the best and most moral men in the DC Universe, and an example for Clark to follow, so its jarring to see this in a trailer. I am…

No NO idea at all. (sigh)

I believe you mean it is Stupid or foolish.

There has to be a way to make a bold, bright, hopeful version of a Superman movie without slipping into camp. The Animated Series managed it well enough (as I dimly recall.)

Yeah, that's the point. It ~appears~, going by limited information, that they're trying to mimic the success of what worked for Batman. That's SOP for the entertainment industry, but perhaps unwise.

The commentary is on the marketing, but the preview trailer with the desaturated colors and Jor-El talking about the messianic mission for his son doesn't exactly promise the "feel good movie of the summer". You'll believe a man can gloom.

Because what we all really want in a Superman movie is a dour, depowered hero in a dully colored suit that has trouble with the authorities.

This is why the ancient Trojan Warriors were so deadly when on the march...

As good as I remember Final Reflection to be, John M. Ford's Star Trek Novel "How Much for Just the Planet?" was one of the first books I put onto my Kindle. It's a Screwball Comedy version of Star Trek, written so that it can fit within the canon (mostly) but is so funny that it had me in tears the first time I…